2011
Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor Virologic Response among HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Medications
Wang EA, McGinnis KA, Fiellin DA, Goulet JL, Bryant K, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Mattocks K, Sullivan LE, Vogenthaler N, Justice AC, for the VACS Project Team. Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor Virologic Response among HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Medications. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 1012-1018. PMID: 21573882, PMCID: PMC3157515, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1723-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNAHIV disease outcomeLow CD4 countAntiretroviral medicationsBody mass indexCD4 countMass indexDisease outcomeVeterans Aging Cohort StudyPoor virologic responseUnsuppressed viral loadAging Cohort StudyMultivariable logistic regressionAntiretroviral medication adherenceCross-sectional studyFood insecure participantsFood-secure participantsPotential causal associationVirologic responseVirologic suppressionCohort studyHIV diseaseHIV outcomesAdjusted analysisFood insecurity
2001
Patient- and provider-reported adherence toward a clinically useful approach to measuring antiretroviral adherence
Wagner JH, Justice AC, Chesney M, Sinclair G, Weissman S, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Team F. Patient- and provider-reported adherence toward a clinically useful approach to measuring antiretroviral adherence. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2001, 54: s91-s98. PMID: 11750214, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(01)00450-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestViral loadProvider assessmentCurrent drug useDepressive symptomsCurrent alcohol usePatient reportsDrug useAlcohol useIndependent associationVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemPatient-reported adherenceCurrent viral loadPharmacy refill dataAntiretroviral medication adherenceEpidemiological Studies DepressionIllicit drug useDisorders Identification TestElectronic laboratory dataHealth care systemRefill dataMedication adherencePatient adherenceAntiretroviral adherenceMultivariate regression model